Basically, I have the feeling that livestock, while having a potential strong contribution to agrobiodiversity is largely underrepresented in the draft. In term of messages, what I understand from a brief look to the document is that more emphasize should be given to poultry for smallholders, which misses the importance of grazing and pastoral systems across the world.
I will not go to too much details at this point, but among other things:
- The report should absolutely deal with agroecological practices in pastoral systems, given their importance in Agricultural area, and considering that the majority of grazing areas across the world is not suitable for crop production, and the importance of Ecosystem Services related to livestock mobility (landscape management...).
- In mixed systems, it is also important to underline more the role of grazing in crop rotation circle and for provision of manure.
- Further elements should consider the role of livestock in biocircular economy, considering for instance its interest in recycling of crop residues and agro-industrial by-products.
- Maybe some further elements should be given on the potential of community breeding programmes to take advantage of local breeds adaptive capacities while improving their performance.
الدكتور Davod Ahmadi